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This guide is mainly about the first of these terms. We’ll talk about the others, but the focus of this guide is on the enterprise. Social enterprise is a noun….
Winnipeg’s social enterprise community has spawned an exciting new book called The Beautiful Bailout: How Social Innovation Will Solve Government’s Priciest Problems. The book is penned by Shaun Loney, an…
Following decades of under-investment, much of our community infrastructure is in urgent need of renewal. Schools and hospitals in disrepair, the need for more long-term care beds for our aging…
Abstract A Black epistemology in economics is needed to bring ethics back into business. Contributions of racialized people in the economy are ignored. Black and racialized scholars also find that…
With considerable interest in the opportunity of scaling up social finance in Canada, Tides Canada, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and PLAN, with funding from Vancity Credit Union, hosted a 1.5…
Since the end of last decade, several institutions of the European Union have called for public policies to boost the social economy at the European, national and regional levels. A…
This guidebook is an introduction to the why, what, and how of social procurement in Canada. It is written for several audiences: organizations taking the necessary steps towards social procurement…
Real estate development and major infrastructure projects can have a profound impact on the communities in which they take place. Large developments have the capability to change the character of…
Social economy as a term may be relatively new to some Friendship Centre communities; however, Ontario’s Friendship Centres and the broader Friendship Centre Movement have been operating within the social…
The Civil Society Strategy sets out how the government will work to support and to strengthen civil society, without compromising its independence. Civil society refers to all individuals and organisations,…
This report explores the relationship between social finance and social determinants of health in order to understand the influence each has on the other to address health and socioeconomic outcomes….
Social procurement leverages an organisation’s buying power to deliver social value, above and beyond the value of the goods or services being procured. It builds diversity into the supply chain,…
